>> i would like to ask a quick question, mr. casey, how can we support these workers? >> right now, what we're asking for is elected leaders and other civic leaders to endorse the boycott of center plate and food and beverage at the ballpark. >> i have a question. >> supervisor cohen? >> thank you. so, what i heard from a lot of the workers, boycott, to me, that means if i'm at the ballpark, don't buy food, it's as simple as that? >> it's that simple but there's a lofted of eventess, a big part of center plate's income comes from catering events, and so they have all kinds of events, you know, not just during the games but during the off season and when the games

aren't being played, so we're asking people to boycott those catered events as well. >> this also includes candle stick? >> no, we're not boy contending -- boycotting the food at candle stick. >> center plate is also -- the contracts with candle stick, it would be contracted within the new stadium, so in my opinion, if we're looking at a larger issue about workers, we're talking about, yes, they may not be in the city and county of san francisco but maybe going down to santa clara county. >> they've been rewarded with that, but there is a responsibility, absolutely, for center plate to do this but we think that the responsibility goes beyond that because these are jobs that unfortunately are very low wage and it's not only center plate that is ignoring

the responsibilities we're focusing on, the giants won two world series in four years and our members have not had a wage increase in four years during that entire time which in our view is quite unconscionable. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. casey, next speaker. >> thank you, mr. president. members of the bore, my name is christopher ball, i live at 1011 howard street, i wanted to bring your attention to -- i thought somebody would get that. the bicycle coalition has offered for your perusal on the website and i want to -- please

note that 50 feet is the probable elevation of the whole impact of greenland melting. we can fix this, we know how much coal, oil and gas is burnt and so how much c02 we put into the atmosphere. we know how much c02 plants can pull down from the atmosphere and sequester. all we need to do is supply sufficient fresh water to enough empty desert to grow new plants so pull down all that carbon that we spew out. we don't have to make anybody drive funny little cars or anything. technological innovation has given us a taolt, carbon nano fill to cheaply filter from fresh water and find

energy-free d free for the capture in hydrothermal venting, police cal intervention will enable california to have developments in all its economic ability, will warrant carbon download into plant material, we also fund the development of robotics. >> thanks, next speaker. >> thank you very much.

supervisors, south beach marina apartment, we don't get the show over there, so we don't see what's going on here. i would like to celebrate life, celebrate workers, celebrate a conversation, so keeping on the same page of all the things i've kind of picked up or some of the things i've picked up since i've been kindling here, keeping us on the same page, 706 mission, the building wasn't high enough, we need a waiver from regulation, planning department, it's okay, board, a, okay, washington, we can't make enough profit, we can't maximize. change of code, planters, no problem, board, hey, a, okay. later down closer to here a little thing or protrel avenue, a remodeled business that never made any noise now makes noise and a group came over here and

said, hey, time out, what's going on here, why do we have constant noise in our homes and the terror of an emergency generator to kind of keep machines calm and make our homes inhospitable. everything's okay, planters, no problem here, live with it. a gal in a wheelchair, you know, that still sticks. there should be some way to fix that, you know, and these people keep coming and they say, we need a hiccup fix, so thank you, let's get working on that one. it could be a call at the st. francis asterisk gets stamped on this, we can change this. so, all of that besides a thank f nice breeze just came by. i like the vote, i like no on b and c and if that coalition could come along here. thank you.

happy thanksgiving. >> next speaker. >> last week, we learned that the testimony of jesus was the spirit of prophesy, revelation 1910 and i quoted a verse from matthew 13 where jesus said, as therefore the terrors are gathered and burned so, does this age, a sin of man should set forth his angels and gather in [inaudible] do inequity and cast them into a faur nas of fire. this should be wailing and gnash your teethed, in the kingdom of their father, that was the prophesy about the future, but it will at the last day, with we say the testimony of jesus is the spirit of prophesy, what we mean by that is he fulfilled ancient prophesies that were given by

king david who was a prophet and mentioned a detail of crucifixion long before they happened. now, if i was to say that bill a r-r s, because he's a terrorist and goes about obama's book, he's going the drive a farar ri and go into mcdonalds, with we are dealing with prophesy, we're dealing with centuries before the big event of the death of christ, not 478 minutes by centuries and centuries, for instance on psalm sunday when jesus rode the donkey, 400 years before it happened, god said it had to happen in jerusalem, it had to happen in the 497th year, he said we would be yankedbacker wounded for our transgressions, the reason why he would die

would be for our transgression, these are detail, where and where he would die, when he would die, where he would be born. when christ arose from the death, he says he fools in slow of heart to believe all the prophets, and then after he satisfied the claims of justice, enter into his glory. >> thank you. next speaker. >> mr. president, board members of the board of supervisors, 66 thousand dollars, is anyone owing 66 thousand or is owed 66

thousand, when the city and county of san francisco others me 66 thousand of work that i have done, i have given the mta, i haven't been paid, i have lost 8 employees. my doors are locked. director mars from the port of san francisco has given me an extension on my lease. i can't get paid. i can't get paid because everybody's pointing the finger at who should pay me. i have a letter here from the mta saying that i am owed 66 thousand dollars but i have to go and file a claim against the city and county of san francisco to good -- get it. i have sad o .the advisory committee for 19 year, i have beener in ldda of this city for over 21 years, this is a shame and disgrace that at this stage

of the game, i have to beg the city and county of san francisco to pay me to pay people that worked with me, 8 people that lived in my district that i had to let go because i couldn't pay them because the city wouldn't pay me. my landlord, the ported told me to pay them and i said tell your land lard the city and county of san francisco to pay you and then i'll pay you, pay me and then i'll pay them. thank you very much, i'm sorry for the inconvenience. >> next speaker. >> hi, my name's larry ed nar, and i like to be called juicy, i think this is an important day because 35 years ago, george mosconi and mar vie milk were shot, we forget that jones town, 18 people taken out of

western addition, and we hear these students that blacks and people of color in the mission, i was walking in the mission a couple of weeks ago, they said we don't want to sell our [inaudible], go away. the bracket from 2200 to 177 thousand are from the low to the high, we keep people in jail at 200 dollars a day, 5600 dollars a mother, so we see why the rents are -- they don't care about you, i am a former number local 22, and martin luther king spoke there, he said in america, one day basic black and troubled white would be on the constitution keyboard, when you go to the turkey bowl, think of the people who have come here in

san francisco, what are we really doing in san francisco, black and white born here yesterday, how significant is it that he would be here on the day of kennedy assassination. we need to give thanks and make sure that this board and this building, this city does on the west coast accept all people. you know things are not going right and you can make the change. make that change, the man in the mirror, we add the board of supervisors and the mayor, every day is thanksgiving for someone, gobble, gobble, gobble, ho, ho, ho. >> thank you, have there any other members who wish to speak in general public comment. if noted, general public comment is closed. >> item 36-44 are considered

for adoption. >> colleagues, would anybody like the sever any of these items. seeing none, could you take a roll on the adoption calendarbacker dar? >> on items 36z through 44 had, supervisor breed, aye. supervisor cam bows? aye. supervisor chiu, aye. supervisor cohen, cohen, aye. supervisor farrell, aye, supervisor k*im, kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor tang? aye. supervisor wiener, aye, supervisor yee, aye. supervisor avalos? avalos, aye. there are 11 ayes. >> madam clerk, can you read the in memoriam >> >> today's meeting will be adjourned by the memory of the beloved individual, on supervisor cohen, dpr the late officer michael howard. sxfrjts do we have anymore business in front of the board. >> that concludes our business

before the board today, mr. president. >> we hope everyone has a wonderful thank giving. we are adjourned before the board. (gavel). (meeting is adjourned). >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today.

thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art

sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent?

>> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the world already. >> you also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. let's go over and take a look at that. here we are in a smaller space. project gallery. >> artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. >> i noticed a lot of artists doing really site-specific work. >> this is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a child's balloon. in this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. >> or a nightmare. >> may be a nightmare. >> this one over here is even harder to figure out what the

initial material is. >> this is made out of puffy paint. often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. she has made all these lines of paint. >> for the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam or something in the middle of these pieces that she built on top of? >> i'm not telling. >> ah, a secret. >> this silver is aluminum foil, crumbled of aluminum foil. her aesthetic is very much that quiet, japanese spatial thing that i really admire. their attention to the materiality of the things of the world. >> this is a nice juxtaposition you have going on right now. you have a more established artists alongside and emerging artists. is that something important to you as well? >> very important in this space,

to have artists who really have not shown much. now let's look at other aspects of electric works operation. let's go to the bookstore. >> ok. >> in all seriousness, here we are in your store. this is the first space you encounter when you come in off the street. it has evolved since you open here into the most amazingly curious selection of things. >> this was the project for the berkeley art museum. it was -- this is from william wiley's retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. >> it is not just a bookstore. it is a store. can you talk us through some of your favorites? >> these are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. >> these pieces of here, you have a whale head and various

animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. >> we do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. they are probably not for prime time. >> you sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. >> let's go. >> before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. what are we standing in front of? >> this is william wiley, only one earth.

this is a print edition. there are only eight total, and what we wanted to do was expand the idea of printmaking. this is really an art object. there we go. >> besides the punball machine, what do you produce in limited edition? >> there is the slot machine. if you win the super jackpot, you have saved the world. >> what about work? >> the right design, it was three volumes with lithographs in each volume. the cab of count dracula with 20 lithographs inside and lined with beaver fur. really special. >> let's move on to the print shop. >> ok. the core of what we do is making

things. this is an example. this is a print project that will be a fund-raiser for the contemporary music players. we decided to put it in the portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. >> so nonprofits can come to you, not just visual are nonprofits, but just nonprofits can come to you, and you will produce prints for them to sell, and the profits, they can keep. >> the return on investment is usually four times to 10 times the amount of investment. this is for the bio reserve in mexico, and this is one of the artists we represent. >> you also make prints for the artists that you represent. over here are some large prints by a phenomenal artist. >> he writes these beautiful things. anyone who has told you paradise

is a book of rules is -- has only appeared through the windows. this is from all over coffee. we are contract printers for all kinds of organizations all across the country. >> thank you very much for showing us around today. i really appreciate you taking the time to let me get better acquainted with the operation and also to share with our "culturewire" team.

>> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower.

surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming

manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut it off and just go into old habits. it is a lot like listening. really listening to watch what is going to emerge. i like this thing where you put your foot on his back. let's keep it. were your mind is is how you build your life. if you put it in steel or in failure, it works. that works. it is a commitment. for most artists, it is a vacation and a life that they have committed themselves to. there is this notion that

artists continue to do their work because of some kind of the external financial support. if that was taken away, artists would still do their art. it is not like there is a prerequisite for these things to happen or i will not do it. how could that be? it is the relationship that you have committed to. it is the vocation. no matter how difficult it gets, you are going to need to produce your art. whether it is a large scale or very small scale. the need to create is going to happen, and you are going to have to fulfill it because that is your life. test, test, test, test, test, test test